The Next Contest -- 48-hr poll

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> And an idea for rating the prgram: the more complex the encryprion, the better.
Won't this be decided by the judges themselves?
Won't the judges also look upon effeciency, easy to read code, proper modularization, etc? Not just "the bigger the better".

a possible encryption program would be judged like the one at flashdaddee. other than obvious general program features (ie, whether or not it crashes) there's specific stuff for encryption:
strength -- it should not be breakable through brute force and ignorance
size -- don't add more than 10% of the size of the original string
complexity -- make it simple and creative at the same time. it's easy to just do stuff to a string until it's unrecognizable. it's easy to just xor the string by a repeating pattern. i want the best of both worlds.

Well i think encryption wins oops (will win). Well i think an entire encryption program should not be submited.. But just the encryption function which takes an array with strings or a text file as an argument... And it should return the encrypted/decrypted text.. I think this would be more efficient because.. Each user may create his own interface.. And some may use graphics which is not standardised.. So it will create unecessary problems..

And i think it should be a text only encryption program so that even novice users can contest... Since they can use simple alphabet changing algorithm etc etc.. So it is upto you guys to decide.. Expecting the contest soon..

I had already submited my encryption program in this boaed and many have.. Hope no one re-submits these codes and programs as their own... It would be better if the creator should explain each peice of code and how it works in plain english..... Hope these are taken into consideration....

ANd i think the user should also give the binary while submiting .. because i have seen my code does not compile for most of you guys because it is not standard ansi C.. This happened to my last snake game....

Originally posted by vasanth
ANd i think the user should also give the binary while submiting .. because i have seen my code does not compile for most of you guys because it is not standard ansi C.. This happened to my last snake game....

No way !! As much as I like your snake game, I think the source should be portable. Particularly if it is only encryption.

Hey now i get what fruit machine is.. I would have voted for it if i knew... Damm i voted for encryption.. And any way the fruit machne would contain graphics.. And it is not standardised... So how will you compile the programs..

it is better some one clarifys about the non standards.. like graphics etc etc here.. before the contest